How many "whole days" do you get to hunt?
05-09-2008, 09:55 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Pingree Grove, IL
Posts: 1,204
RE: How many "whole days" do you get to hunt?
I have the 26th of October through the second week of November off so I wil have a lot of full days this year. I am thinking I might have wanted to take the first three weeks of November though as it appears to be a late rut this year. I might work 12-9 the last three months though to get more mornings in.
05-09-2008, 10:01 AM
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Jackson, Missouri
Posts: 7,051
RE: How many "whole days" do you get to hunt?
The only bad thing is that my current job istracked on monthly quota (as compared to quarterly)..........so unless I hit an absolute home run in the first few weeks of the month it's difficult for me to take any time off in the last two weeks of the month and plan for it ahead of time.
05-09-2008, 10:29 AM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Southeast, VA
Posts: 2,119
RE: How many "whole days" do you get to hunt?
I probaly only end up with about 6 whole days and some half days throughout the season. Last year I hunted about 12-13 days total that's counting 1/2 days(like morning and evening hunts).
I keep a really good written log and last year I started one here in the South forum just to track the weather and dates I was seeing deer and other stuff like how many time I hunted. I figured it may help me schedule a couple days off this season. Not a very exciting read(I randomly babble a lot)but here it is:
My Field Journal (VA & NC)
I keep a really good written log and last year I started one here in the South forum just to track the weather and dates I was seeing deer and other stuff like how many time I hunted. I figured it may help me schedule a couple days off this season. Not a very exciting read(I randomly babble a lot)but here it is:
My Field Journal (VA & NC)
05-09-2008, 10:37 AM
#17
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 7,208
RE: How many "whole days" do you get to hunt?
On average I get the 6 saturdays of our lovely bow season, plus 5 more vacation days, sometimes as many as 10. So theoretically 11-16 full days.
HOWEVER. Up until only a few years ago, I never made more than 1-2 all day sits a season despite having full days off.
This year between vacation, work schedule & hunting a normal state that allows sunday hunting I think I will get somewhere around 22-24 FULL days. How many of them will I actually hunt all day, probably only those druing the last week of october andthe few weeks intonovember.
HOWEVER. Up until only a few years ago, I never made more than 1-2 all day sits a season despite having full days off.
This year between vacation, work schedule & hunting a normal state that allows sunday hunting I think I will get somewhere around 22-24 FULL days. How many of them will I actually hunt all day, probably only those druing the last week of october andthe few weeks intonovember.
05-09-2008, 10:51 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Scotland & Spain
Posts: 4,125
RE: How many "whole days" do you get to hunt?
On average here I can hunt whenever I want because I work shifts and mostly get week days off though I could get up to 5 weeks tohunt deer in the states, we mostly all get 5+ weeks paid vacation here so I like to make the most of it 
This year it'll be 2 weeks bowhunting in MS and the rest of my vacation time is for the villa in Tenerife during Xmas and New year or else i would have blown them all on my hunting vacation.
This year it'll be 2 weeks bowhunting in MS and the rest of my vacation time is for the villa in Tenerife during Xmas and New year or else i would have blown them all on my hunting vacation.
